Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 9, Verse 33
किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा।
अनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम्।।
अनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम्।।
kiṁ punar brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣayas tathā
anityam asukhaṁ lokam imaṁ prāpya bhajasva mām
also searched as "kim punar brahmanah punya bhakta rajarshayas tatha"
Translation
How much more then, for the pure Brahmanas and royal sages who are My devotees! Having obtained this transient and joyless world, they should worship Me.
Vāṇi's rendering
How much more the pure and the royal sages. You have landed in this brief, joyless world — love me.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| किम्kiṁ | what |
| पुनर्punar | then, moreover — with kiṁ: how much more |
| ब्राह्मणाःbrāhmaṇāḥ | the brāhmaṇas |
| पुण्याःpuṇyā | holy, pure (final visarga dropped before bh) |
| भक्ताःbhaktā | devoted ones, lovers of me (visarga lost in sandhi) |
| राजर्षयःrājarṣayas | royal sages — kings who became seers (visarga becomes s before t) |
| तथाtathā | and likewise |
| अनित्यम्anityam | impermanent, not lasting |
| असुखम्asukhaṁ | without happiness, joyless |
| लोकम्lokam | world |
| इमम्imaṁ | this one, the one you are in |
| प्राप्यprāpya | having reached, having landed in |
| भजस्वbhajasva | love me, hold to me |
| माम्mām | me |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9 Verse 33 mean?
It completes the thought begun in the verse before. If the door stands open even to those the world counted out, it certainly stands open to the pure and the royal sages. Then Krishna turns to you: this world is short and thin on joy. You have arrived in it. Love me here.
What is the meaning of kim punar brahmanah punya bhakta rajarshayas tatha?
Kiṁ punar means how much more. Krishna is not ranking people; he is closing an argument. Having said that anyone at all may come, he adds that the holy and the seer-kings certainly may. The point is not their advantage. The point is that no one is left outside.
Why does Krishna call this world joyless?
Anityam asukham — impermanent, and therefore without lasting happiness. He is not condemning the world or asking you to despise it. He is naming why nothing in it holds still long enough to satisfy you. That plain fact is offered as a reason to love, not a reason to withdraw.
How do I actually practise bhajasva mam in daily life?
Bhajasva is not an emotion you must produce on command. It means turning toward, again and again, in whatever you are already doing. The verse gives no ritual and no qualification. It says you have landed here, the time is short, so let your attention lean his way now.
Themes in this verse
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Commentary
Krishna has just said the lowest-born reach him. Now he turns to the ones everyone assumed were already safe — the holy, the royal sages — and the argument reverses. If the door is open that wide, what excuse have you? Then comes the strange praise of the world: brief, and without happiness. Not a curse on it. A description. You did not choose to arrive here and you will not choose the hour you leave, and in between the pleasures thin out. Given that, Krishna asks for one thing. Not penance, not merit. Love. Begin where you are standing.